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New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Otway and Sorell Basin and Gippsland Basin. The Bonaparte Basin could be an area for carbon capture, Geoscience Australia director Thomas Bernecker said as he presented at the conference. The Browse Basin surrounds the Cornea oil and gas field, Bernecker ...

APPEA conference kicks up controversy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia's recovery. "APPEA and its members are not a solution to the climate crisis, they are the cause of it," ACCR director of climate and environment Dan Gocher said. "The unbridled growth of Australia's oil and gas industry over the last decade ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... here shows that the bulk of the underperformance is associated with screened fossil fuel companies," said ISS associate director - account executive Australia and New Zealand Bjorn De Smedt, a co-author of the analysis. "It is right to question the impact ...

DON Smallgoods site to house bioenergy plant development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... landfill waste from our Castlemaine facility, leading to a 20% emissions reduction alone," said DON Smallgoods managing director Will Ursell. "As part of this initiative together with our solar energy investments and wider Energy Supply Strategy endeavours ...

Supermarket group signs 10-year renewable deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... we produce by 2050 and our first renewable power purchase is a key milestone in that pursuit," said Woolworths group director of format, Rob McCartney. "Supermarkets are particularly energy intensive to run and we want to use our scale for good by supporting ...

Enhanced ESG reporting linked to funding outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... and is using an ESG impact reporting platform from Socialsuite to track its environmental and social impacts. Managing director Francis Wedin says that they reported on their ESG performance and positive impact via Socialsuite, and have secured $120 ...

HSBC, partners to identify blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... state and local government, local groups, and a body of existing data about the coastline, said Chris Gillies, program director, oceans, TNC Australia. The project will use the System of Environmental Economic Accounting ( SEEA ), a UN-backed framework ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... financing, and corporate governance considerations figure into the firm's lending decisions, said EquitiesFirst Hong Kong director Alexander Kent. "We specialise in lending against equity and we deal almost exclusively with long term investors - ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... mine. The judgment stopped short of preventing the minister from approving the Vickery Extension Project. Dan Gocher, director of climate and environment at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) noted that Chevron, ExxonMobil and ...

$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... SLL, there is a margin that can move up or down depending on performance against the five different metrics," said NAB director, sustainable finance Alison Chan. The sustainability-linked loan was part of a broader $666 million refinancing facility for ...